Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kiln
Ramstown Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ramstown Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.66940, -6.30469
- SMR number
- WX011-082----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the N end of a NE-SW ridge. Archaeological testing (21E0025) by C. McLoughlin in April 2021 identified a kiln as an oval feature (dims 2.5m x 1-1.2m; max. D 0.4m) with a fill of dark brown silty clay with charcoal inclusions over a charcoal-rich seam. (McLoughlin 2021, 14,15)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 4 August 2021
References
McLoughlin, C. 2021 Archaeological Assessment Report, Ramstown Lower, Gorey, Co. Wexford. Licence: 21E0025, Unpublished report. Stafford McLoughlin: Archaeology / Heritage / Conservation.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.